Return-envelop.



T. J. SALES.

RETURN ENVELOP.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 190a.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

YU IT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TOM J. SALES, OF SAN FRANGISCQ, CALIFORNIA.

. IRETURN-ENVELOP.

specificatioriof Letters Patent.

Application filed April 1, 1908. Serial No. 424,622.

Patented lllia rch 2, 1909.

Th all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TOM J. SALES, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Franclsco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new andusefulrailway reports, express reports, and othermail matter of large companies where one oflice must report to another on the receipt of a letter from the first ofiice.

Anrobject of the invention-is to make the envelop as cheap and simple as possible, since for such-an envelop as this to meet the com etition of thesingle envelop it must 'ren er twice the-service with much less than twice the ex ense.

Another 0 ject of the envelop. is to provide it with the address of the homepfiicefbut in such a place as to be entirely out of the way and out of the sight of the mail clerks, since ifthey see the name of a large firm onan envelop the do not stop to look at the town,

but simpy throw it 1n thepouch for that firm, in at least three times out offive.

Another object of the invention is to place v the return address on a' sheet that can be easily taken out for the return trip, a pencil being used to force the slip out of the en velop.-

Another object of the invention is to pro- 40 vide the sealing fla with a notch which will enable it to be easi y torn from the envelop. In the drawing I i re 1 is a perspective view of the envelop b ank, Fig. 2 1s a view of the back of the envelop, Fig. 3'is a sectional 46 view of the envelo ,and Fig. 4 is a sectionalhe envelop consists of the body portion 1" 50 which has the flaps 2:an d 3 on its sides and the narrow flaps 4 and 5 at the ends, the narrow flaps also being formed on the ends of a the flap 2. Theouter of the flap 2 is also provided with the gummed flap 8 which it .ispunched along the line 10 to make it easily 'to produce t separable from the main part of the envelop. The body portion 1 of the blank is, provided with a hole 7 of such size as to allow the insertion of-a lead pencil and the flap 3-is rovided with a hole 6 of such size asto a ow. the point 0111 of the pencil to pass through."

/ Now it wil be noted that when the. envelo is ready for its first trip that the flap 3 is p aced inside, the hole 6 in'register with the larger hole 7. The return address is also placed. on this flap. The letter is placed in the envelo the same being sealed with the flap 8, sai flap having a notch 9 cut atone corner to. allow the insertion of a knife or open "along the encil to'tear the envelop1 1 Th e enve 0p. e

ine 10 without injury to t gummed flaps 4 and Sam secured together e envelop. When the first trip has been made the erson receiving the envelop takes a pencil and tears the envelo open along the line 10, as above describe and then ushes the pencil up through the hole 7 catc ing the polnt of the pencil 1n the small hole 6, and continues to ush the encil u till the flap 3 can be rea y pulle out of t eenvelop with the fingers," when it is ready to be sealed for the return trip.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. In a return envelop, a blank having av front and a back portion with a hole in it and secured together at their ends, a narrow strip securedto one side of one of said portions, and a second flap secured to the opposite side of the other portion and having a hole that will re 'ster with the hole in the back 'ortion of t e blank.

'2. n a return envelop, a blank having a front and a back portion secured together at their ends the back portion having a hole in it, a narrow strip secured to the front porortion and on the opposite edge thereof and aving a hole smaller than the hole 1n the front portion and in re ter therewith when the envelop is to be se ed."

Witnesses:

O. P. Gnn rm, C. A. SANDEns.

-tion, and a wider strip secured to the back 5. 'roM J. SALES. 

